Posted by Steven Nelson
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 15, 2012 at 5:34 pm

Nice to hear the city and public safety unions are talking. Hope this continues for years. BTW, our last city manager, as a way of showing comparisons, had listed in a council budget meeting (jam packed with citizens) the departments that had trimmed their expenses most over the previous 5 years. The fire department was dead last. With less fire calls over the last decades (and more para-medic calls) it is (IMO) obviously time to start working with unions to change the workforce composition for THIS VITAL SERVICE! We want you, we value you, we just expect you to lead the way in efficiently providing this service. [after the Firehouse 5 dedication I now appreciate a little better the past 'best of class' reputation of our fire service]